Advisory / Tutorial - DHS Handbook

Every student is assigned to an advisor. Each advisor has approximately 16 students of
various grade levels. Including
advisories in the daily schedule provides an opportunity for advisors and
students to connect on a personal level and get to know each other. Advisories meet
three times a week. Discussions may be
held about current issues at Drake, in the community and in the world. At other
times discussions center around personal and social issues.

The bulletin is read and Pirate
TV is viewed during the advisory period on Mondays. In addition, Monday
advisories are also used for students to create a plan to successfully use the
upcoming tutorials each week.

Tutorial:

Tutorial is designed to provide students the
additional time and support they may need to be successful in their classes.
Occasionally rallies and assemblies are held during tutorial periods. Tutorial periods occur on Wednesdays and
Fridays for 50 minutes. During this time period, students either choose which
tutorial to attend to attend to best utilize this time or they may be assigned
to work with specific teachers to receive additional support. Tutorials are assigned to a student from the Intervention Team or through a Student
Study Team (SST) meeting.

Students
are required to sign up for a tutorial prior to the period. They are to do so
online via their Home Access portal. Each teacher will take attendance for
those signed up to attend tutorial. All attendance student expectations are in
effect during tutorial. There are three general types of tutorials students can
sign up for. They are as follows:

·
Independent
Work Centers: These are
quiet spaces for students to have the time and space to work independently in a
location that needs no teacher oversight. There will also be spaces where
students can work in their project groups and a spot for o make-up assessments
if previously absent.

·
General Work
Centers: These are spaces that students
can get support from their peers or from teachers in the room. There is also a
peer tutoring center.

·
Intensive
Work Centers: These are
spots that students in need of extra support can get it in a workshop with a
teacher. They may include individual intervention for the student or
re-teaching in some way. These could be made mandatory for some students in
need of this support.